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Uganda

East Africa · UGX (USh) · dial code +256 · English, Swahili, Luganda

Overview of IdentifyOrg in Uganda →

Local currency

UGX

Phone numbers

+256772123456

National ID

National ID (NIN): coming

Available in Uganda

• ✓Phone verification (SMS OTP)
• ✓SMS and bulk SMS
• ✓Document OCR and verification
• ✓Liveness detection
• ✓Face match
• ✓Address verification
• ✓Verification Suite (applicant links and embed)
• ✓Website audit
• ✓Domain verification
• ✓AI content detection
• ✓Video and voice calls
• ✓Live streaming
• ✓Chat
• ✓WhatsApp assistant and platform
• ✓File tools (PDF, images, audio)
• ✓Short links
• ✓QR codes
• ✓Video meetings

Nigeria only

These read Nigerian identity, banking and utility records, so they do not work for Uganda. Calling them for another country returns 403 not_available_in_country:

• ●BVN verification
• ●NIN verification
• ●Driver's licence (FRSC)
• ●Bank account name check
• ●BVN to account match
• ●CAC business registry check
• ●Credit bureau score
• ●Bills (airtime, data, electricity, TV)
• ●Business payment gateway (collections)

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_available_in_country",
    "message": "BVN verification is only available for Nigeria. ...",
    "status": 403
  }
}

Coming: National ID (NIN) verification

A Uganda-specific identity check against the National ID (NIN) (NIRA) is planned. Until it launches, you can verify people in Uganda with document OCR, liveness and face match, which work with any passport, national ID or driver's licence photo.

Prices in UGX

Your balance is held in naira. Prices below are converted at ₦0.3342 per UGX, rounded up. Top-ups in UGX are credited at the same rate.

Phone number format

Uganda mobile numbers are written locally as 0772 123456 and internationally as +256772123456. The leading 0 is a national prefix: we drop it when we add +256, so local-format numbers work if you also send the country.

curl -X POST https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start \
  -H "X-IdentifyOrg-Key: io_live_xxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "phone": "+256772123456" }'

# The same number in local format needs the country:
curl -X POST https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start \
  -H "X-IdentifyOrg-Key: io_live_xxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "phone": "0772123456", "country": "UG" }'

const res = await fetch("https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "X-IdentifyOrg-Key": process.env.IDENTIFYORG_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ phone: "0772123456", country: "UG" }), // or phone: "+256772123456"
});
const { id } = await res.json(); // then POST /v1/phone/verify/check with { id, code }

import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start",
    headers={"X-IdentifyOrg-Key": os.environ["IDENTIFYORG_KEY"]},
    json={"phone": "+256772123456"},
)
verification_id = r.json()["id"]

Topping up your balance

Card payments and mobile money (MTN MoMo, Airtel Money) in UGX, converted to your naira balance at the rate shown when you pay. Provider availability is set per country, and cards in US dollars are the fallback where a local-currency option is not open yet.

Data protection

Personal data in Uganda is governed by the Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019. Phone verification stores only a salted hash of each code; check your own obligations as the data controller.